Jim East
I am not Jim West.
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I think that violence can be adequately defined as “the instigation of aggression/harm against peaceful beings.” Hierarchy is not strictly required for this.
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Opensource@programming.dev•France and Germany, in joint collaboration, have developed a Google Docs alternative - and its awesome! (Netherlands are currently onboarded)English
2·8 months agoMore about CLAs for those interested: Seriously, don’t sign a CLA by Drew Devault
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New Communities@lemmy.world•Fruit & Fruit Trees: A community for fruit growers, frugivores, and fruiterraristsEnglish
1·8 months agoIs a fruitarian someone who only eats fruit?
Yes.
Do these people exist?
Yes, though not many of them as far as I know.
Do they have normal bathrooms?
Most probably poop outside or in a bucket, at least if their situation allows.
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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•There is an alternate universe where there is a fruit that has the flavour of an apple and the texture of a banana
1·10 months agoProbably ‘Silk’, AKA Latundan, from the Philippines.
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World News@lemmy.ml•Amazon rainforest destruction slows sharply year to date, report says
1·10 months agoPeople are working on it.
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Opensource@programming.dev•Google open-sourced its watermarking tool for AI-generated textEnglish
1·11 months agoLychee can grow at tropical latitudes, but it needs hot (rainier) summers and (drier) winters w/ 50-150 hours at 0-12°C in order to fruit well, so it’s more of a subtropical fruit.
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World News@lemmy.ml•Saudi Arabia predicts budget deficit as it funnels money into gigaprojectsEnglish
2·11 months agoProperly scaled up, this type of community reforestation effort could work.























Banana.